About the course
Over the course of four workshops, you’ll learn how to write powerful and compelling prose, focussed on plot, character, dialogue and editing:
Plot
We’ll take an in-depth dive into the mechanics of plot through structure, creating beats and the inciting incident.
Character
We’ll discuss what creates an exciting protagonist through voice, change and how to ensure agency over the course of your work.
Dialogue
The sometime devil of prose writers! How can dialogue both sound realistic and be used to impart information and move the plot along?
Editing
In the final workshop, we’ll look at the importance of editing your draft, from structure to the finesse of the line level.
About the tutor
Patrick Cash is a British-Irish writer living in London. His work-in-progress LGBTQ+ novel Fireworks was chosen as one of the winners of the Felicity Bryan New Voices and Hachette Grow Your Story competitions in 2024. His short fiction won Platinum at the Creative Future Awards 2024, and has been shortlisted for various other competitions. He was part of The London Library’s Emerging Writers’ Programme 22/23 for prose fiction and has been mentored by Alan Hollinghurst.
Who is it for?
All underrepresented writers—those who face barriers to opportunities due to mental health issues, physical health/disability, sensory impairment, learning disabilities, neurodivergencce, substance misuse, survivors, working class backgrounds, and those from the LGBTQIA+ community, Black, Asian, traveler, mixed heritage or other global majority backgrounds.
Dates & Time:
Tuesdays: 29 April and 6, 13, 20 May
6-8 pm
This course takes place online via Zoom. Links will be sent seven days prior to the first session, and again the day of the first session.
Access:
You can see our full access commitments here. Please add any additional requirements when booking.
Cost:
£50 / £25 concessions
In order to make our resources stretch further, we have to subsidise some workshops with nominal fees well below most online courses. The more who book at full price, the more we’ll be able to offer.
Concessionary places are available for those on benefits, pensioners, unemployed/underemployed or on low wages. We do not ask for proof that you qualify.
If concessionary spaces are unavailable and/or the course is fully booked, we can add you to the waiting list if you e-mail info@creativefuture.org.uk.
Other workshops
We are offering as many workshops and as many places as our resources allow—they are heavily subsidised by our limited funding.
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